DESERT ORACLE’S CAMPFIRE STORIES
MAY 2 / MAY 16 / MAY 23 (2026)
Tickets available now via TicketLeap.com.
Saturdays, 7:30 PM at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center.
Free parking on site. Absolutely NO PETS. Please, no crybabies. Campfire Stories are suitable for ages 10 & up. Beverages available. Follow signs to DESERT ORACLE PARKING, then follow walkway to our secret Campfire Circle behind the JT Retreat Center.
Are you looking for accommodations? Please visit our friends at Homestead Modern, who offer vacation lodging from their Bungalows at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center to many fine desert homes all around Joshua Tree: Homestead Modern.
FINAL DESERT ORACLE STAGE SHOW
w/ RedBlueBlackSilver & Ken Layne
• THURSDAY 11/10/2022 Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Library’s Mark Taper Auditorium. Buy tickets
• Friday, November 18, 2022 in Moab, Utah:
KZMU is honored to present a super special, one-of-a-kind evening with Crystal White of Moab Astronomy Tours and Ken Layne of Desert Oracle. These two amazing humans, or terrestrials, if you will, are teaming up for a special extra–terrestrial evening on Friday November 18th at 6:30PM at Sand Flats Recreation Area. Simply put: these two will take attendants to the multiverse!! There will be a deep space tour of the weirder side of the universe as well as campfire tales complete with strange encounters.
$50 tickets benefit KZMU and include dinner, drinks, supernatural swag plus (of course) the deep space tour and master storytelling. There will be a small silent auction featuring some very special, far out goodies. All proceeds support KZMU.
• SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 7 PM: Grand County Library, Moab Utah.
Past Events:
OCTOBER 2022 “THE VEIL IS THIN” TOUR
10/6/2022 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge Buy Tickets
10/21/2022 Oakland, CA Starline Social Club Buy Tickets
10/22/2022 Arcata, CA The Miniplex Buy Tickets
10/23/2022 Portland, OR Polaris Hall Buy Tickets
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LIVE AT THE PALMS, Wonder Valley, Friday May 13, 2022, 10 PM.
Ken Layne & RedBlueBlackSilver. No additional information; call the Palms Restaurant for details. It’s Dan Anderson’s birthday festival.
LA TIMES Festival of Books, panel & book signing, USC
Saturday, April 23, 2022.
Very much looking forward to #LATFOB this weekend, especially to joining @KenLayne and @TheGregSarris on a panel that’s going to be boss at 4:30 on Saturday. Come through! pic.twitter.com/PiT7ysXznd
— Matthew Specktor (@matthewspecktor) April 22, 2022
11/27/2021 • Tucson, AZ / Club Congress • Buy Tickets
12/02/2021 • Austin, TX / Stateside Theater • Buy Tickets
12/04/2021 • Dallas, TX / Texas Theatre • Buy Tickets
12/05/2021 • San Antonio, TX / Paper Tiger • Buy Tickets
12/07/2021 • Galveston, TX / Galveston Artist Residency FREE!
12/08/2021 • New Orleans, LA / Gasa Gasa • Buy Tickets
12/11/2021 • Memphis, TN / Growler’s • Buy Tickets
12/12/2021 • Norman, OK / Opolis • Buy Tickets
12/14/2021 • Santa Fe, NM / Jean Cocteau Cinema • Buy Tickets
12/15/2021 • Mesa, AZ / Nesbitt/Elliot Playhouse • Buy Tickets
12/16/2021 • San Diego, CA / The Whistle Stop • Buy Tickets
12/17/2021 • Los Angeles, CA / The Philosophical Research Society Library • Buy Tickets
(11/26 San Diego tickets honored at 12/16 Whistle Stop show. Apologies for the venue/date change.)
PAST DATES:
Saturday 10/23/2021: Las Vegas Book Festival, Historic Fifth Street School.
Musings on the Mojave / 12:15 PM (Empowered Tent)
Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S 4th St, Las Vegas, NV 89101
This panel discussion features an eclectic mix of creative individuals, led by Ken Layne, author of Desert Oracle, a collection of articles exploring Mojave places and people. Moderated by Geoff Schumacher; Featuring: Ken Layne, Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Teri Vela, and Krystal Ramirez.
Ken Layne: A Reading of Desert Oracle
5:00 PM (Poetry Pavilion)
Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S 4th St, Las Vegas, NV 89101
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to our Chicago Illuminated Brew Works 9/26 showCLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO
our Pygmalion Festival 9/24/2021 show, $15!
Contact the venue for more information. For booking inquiries, contact Ground Control Touring or write to publisher@desertoracle.com. Listen to our radio show at 10 p.m. Fridays, KCDZ 107.7 FM FM in Joshua Tree—on your FM radio in the High Desert, 9PM Saturday KZMU Moab/Castle Valley, 8PM Sunday on Snoqualmie valley’s 104.9FM, or anywhere on TuneIn.